Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 66 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 66 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 12:50 PM AKDT (20:50 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 68 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-08-20 20:50:26 UTC
Depth
36.9 km (22.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.900° N, 159.796° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
18

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.652 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 1.851 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 3.769 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 1.949 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.651 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 1.8127 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.562 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.432 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 1.6110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.585 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 3.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.675 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 1.561 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 1.678 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 1.578 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 2.659 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 1.765 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 1.564 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 1.683 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 1.688 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 3.576 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 2.165 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 1.564 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 1.583 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 3.253 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 1.683 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.095 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 2.973 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 1.894 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 1.865 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
  32. 1.586 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 1.751 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 1.686 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 1.974 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  36. 2.356 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  37. 1.733 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 2.525 km SSW of Perryville, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 1.974 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 1.664 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  42. 2.0102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 1.558 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  45. 4.259 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 1.764 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  47. 2.282 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 3.1121 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 1.781 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 1.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 1.763 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 1.984 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 1.856 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
  54. 1.955 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
  55. 1.769 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  56. 1.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 1.553 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  58. 1.690 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  59. 1.751 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  60. 2.279 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.064 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 2.388 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.8103 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 3.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.097 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.6112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.247 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 1.670 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 1.757 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.0102 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 5.145 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 44 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
  14. 5.151 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 1.865 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 3.966 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 37 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.190 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 2.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 1.590 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.281 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away

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